A medal, The Trinity Cross of the Order of Trinity, established by the Queen is being withdrawn after it was declared unlawful and offensive to Muslims and Hindus.
Edukashun rools
Morrisons stores are removing certain educational toys from the shelves of their 382 stores as they are not really that ‘educational’. A set of alphabet blocks for toddlers, touted as: Designed to stimulate, educate and make learning fun tell you that U is for Umberlla, Y is for Yatch and various other strange spellings….
Saving the vultures
Farmers are to be allowed to leave dead livestock in their fields in parts of Europe, a measure designed to help starving vultures.
Adapting to the recession
Even the oldest profession has not escaped the ravages of the global financial crisis. Germany is one of the countries where prostitution is legal and the industry produces an annual revenue of over €12 billion. Around 400,000 people are employed in the industry.
Deaths mar Dutch Queen’s Day celebrations in Apeldoorn
Horrendous scenes in the Dutch city of Apeldoorn as a car ploughed into a crowd of people attending Queen’s Day celebrations. Five people were killed in the incident and 14 others were injured.
A rotten state of affairs
According to some reports, three Labour backbench MP’s have been put on ‘suicide watch’ by Labour whips and four ministers have apparently hinted they might have to resign. What on earth could cause such a state of affairs?
State of play
The petition to ask Mr Bean to resign is doing well, now up to almost 20,000 signatures. But checking the latest state of play did bring up one interesting thought. The UK Government seems to be obsessed with trying to collect as much data on people as possible, and then I noticed it. To sign up for the petition, you …
Almost the proverbial…
Almost, except it was a butcher’s shop in County Mayo, Ireland.
PC gone mad
Apparently, the outbreak of swine flu should be renamed ‘Mexican’ influenza in deference to Muslim and Jewish sensitivities over pork, according to an Israeli health official. Swine Flu – Swine Influenza – Swine Influenza Virus (SIV), is endemic to pigs, not Mexicans. Get a grip. Use that energy to stop the spread of the disease rather than debate a politically …
They want to watch you even more
The British Government seems to be abandoning the idea of one, huge Big Brother Database containing records of everyone’s phone call, emails and website visits. Instead, the Home Office will ask communications companies, from internet service providers to mobile phone networks, to extend the amount of information they hold on their subscribers and organise it so that it can be …